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Lichess.org Breakdown of Costs

akudha 4y ago
Wow, 5.2 million games per day! What a beautiful, inspiring project. I don’t know where the developer is based, but 50k salary is kinda low for running such a heavy site, isn’t it?
- rg111 4y ago
  Dev salaries in European countries is nowhere near compared to US salaries. Even an average dev will feel the difference in lifestyle.
  - omega3 4y ago
    Even in France 50k is very little for his skillset. It looks like a conscious decision on his part to take only this much out.
Aeolun 4y ago
Wow, that’s interesting to see. But it would be more interesting when contrasted to income. I assume Lichess is cash flow positive since it’s been around for such a long time.
- knaik94 4y ago
  It's set up as a non-profit. Which makes some of the budget decisions look a lot more grounded.
BonoboIO 4y ago
If only big beefy machines are needed, you could have your monthly spending on servers with hetzner. Site is hosted on OVH in France, so pings would be similar. https://www.hetzner.com/de/dedicated-rootserver?ram_from=256 https://www.hetzner.com/de/dedicated-rootserver?ram_from=256
roflyear 4y ago
The company I work for spends 2-3x a month on servers and we have like 10 daily active users.
- BonoboIO 4y ago
  I would take that. Must be good clients.
  - roflyear 4y ago
    No not really. Barely making money.
than3 4y ago
This document is useless. It lacks any of the normal features needed to inspire professionalism or to be considered a relevant financial document. If it is being released to fulfill some form of regulatory it most likely isn't meeting standards. There is no dated periods, no document title, some expense categories have had category names changed over time but same amounts (this fact taken when considering costs only rise over time). No budget, no last updated, and no actuals, no responsible party listed (not even the auditor). If there are factual inaccuracies in the released document, this could be considered a form of fraud in some jurisdictions.

Wow, 5.2 million games per day! What a beautiful, inspiring project. I don’t know where the developer is based, but 50k salary is kinda low for running such a heavy site, isn’t it?

rg111 4y ago
Dev salaries in European countries is nowhere near compared to US salaries. Even an average dev will feel the difference in lifestyle.
- omega3 4y ago
  Even in France 50k is very little for his skillset. It looks like a conscious decision on his part to take only this much out.

Aeolun 4y ago

Wow, that’s interesting to see. But it would be more interesting when contrasted to income. I assume Lichess is cash flow positive since it’s been around for such a long time.

knaik94 4y ago
It's set up as a non-profit. Which makes some of the budget decisions look a lot more grounded.

BonoboIO 4y ago

If only big beefy machines are needed, you could have your monthly spending on servers with hetzner. Site is hosted on OVH in France, so pings would be similar. https://www.hetzner.com/de/dedicated-rootserver?ram_from=256 https://www.hetzner.com/de/dedicated-rootserver?ram_from=256

roflyear 4y ago

The company I work for spends 2-3x a month on servers and we have like 10 daily active users.

BonoboIO 4y ago
I would take that. Must be good clients.
- roflyear 4y ago
  No not really. Barely making money.

than3 4y ago

This document is useless. It lacks any of the normal features needed to inspire professionalism or to be considered a relevant financial document. If it is being released to fulfill some form of regulatory it most likely isn't meeting standards. There is no dated periods, no document title, some expense categories have had category names changed over time but same amounts (this fact taken when considering costs only rise over time). No budget, no last updated, and no actuals, no responsible party listed (not even the auditor). If there are factual inaccuracies in the released document, this could be considered a form of fraud in some jurisdictions.